FC Barcelona: "Thank You, Pep Guardiola!" a Tribute.

The world is not ending. Although for some fans, it feels like it is–especially after the past week and a half the team has endured.

None of us wanted this to happen, but we knew this day would come.

First let me start off by saying thank you to FC Barcelona President Sandro Rosell for trying to do everything to keep Pep Guardiola with FC Barcelona. It has been a struggle to keep Pep but I'm happy that Sandro did everything possible to keep Pep pleased and with the club.

Thank you to all the Barcelona players for making the effort to try and convince Pep to stay. Thank you especially to Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Cesc Fàbregas for their efforts. These three are more attached to Pep than most of the other players and have kept the effort to keep Pep on the Camp Nou bench.

We Culés should be thrilled that Tito Vilanova will be the new manager. He will keep Pep's system going and the players will be happy to have a manager they are familiar with.

No "fin de ciclo." FC Barcelona's winning ways nor playing style is not going to change dramatically. This team will bounce back.

That being said, and with all due respect to Tito, he's no Pep Guardiola. The team will play the same, but Pep's leadership, wisdom, and class can ever be matched.

I’m not going to write about why did this happen or what Rosell, the players, or the media could have done to keep Guardiola as manager of Barcelona. I’m not even going to say that it was the fact that Barcelona was not able to reach the UEFA Champions League Final and win it that is the reason Pep is leaving.